' - ...m
iitici:s or 4iTr.UTisif3.
I square t insertion, . . 0 60
I do 2 do . . .0 7.1
I do 3 iU - . . . 1 0(1
Kv.rry subsequent insertion, 0 tf
Yearly Advertisements : one column, f 25 ; half
column,? IS, tdree squares, f 13; two squares, f 9 4
one squire, f 5. Half-yearly t one column, f IS t
half column, $12 ', three squares, f 8 ; two squares,
J5; one square, f.1 fiO.
Advertisements left without directions as to the
length of time they are to be published, will he
continued until ordered out, and charged accord
ingly. CJ Pixteen lines make a square.
. .. . 'I .... , UJ
mtch pretensions, let your custom be as unos
tentatious as possible, lest people only remark
that "your dress iu as coarse, as your mind."
Always wear your gloves in church or in a
theatre.
Avoid wearing jewelry, unless it bo a very
good taste, and then only at proper seasons.
This is the age of mosaic gold and other trash ;
and by dint of swindling, any one may become
flashy"' ot a email expense. Recollect thate-
tkiuis or TIIK " Au:nicA."
AMERICAN.
H. B. MASSBR,
JOSE1MI ElSUI.Y.
Pcnusniin kxvt
rnorniErons.
MI. It. .Tl..S;, Editor.
Office in Centre Mfa'jn the ran vf II. Ii. Mus
ter's SI tire.
THE" AMERICAN" is published every Satur
Jay lit TWO DOLLARS per annum to be
paid half yearly in advance. No paper discontin
ued till all arrearages are paid.
No subscription received for a less period than
ait mumths. All communication or letters on
business relating to the office, to insure attention,
must bo POST PAH).
AND SIIAMOKIN JOURNAL.
Absolute nrqniescrncfl in tho decisions of the mnjnrily, the vital principle of Republic, from which there i no appeal but to force, the viul principle and immodiate parent of despotism. Jarrtaao.i.
Hy Maxscr & i:isely.
Suubury, IVorfliumberlantl Co. I'a. Saturday, Icc. !, isitt.
Vol. I--a"o. 11 Whole So, Hi?.
SUNBURY
tflf . .
From the Miltnnian.
The Chllil of Nnlme to Ills Plot tier.
O Nntnr! on whew sia'IU far T a?.,
And see in oil, nbove, 1nrnlh, around,
A vsri,il hrntttv, and a mystery,
Tho' Night half veil thre, and tlio' shadows fliiiff
An indistinctnrgH o'er thy lovely scenes.
S
Silent and nnndcrieg, I reflrd upon
'J'hy laws unelmnjlni? va-tncis infinite
Thine origin lint bullies mightiest Thought,
And bids hih Reason tremble, pre it time
To lift haloid imigining to thy source.
Here thrntiph the daiknrs", I behold tho stars,
The far-off habitation, it mr.y bo,
Of happy races mightier than we,
Whose shn.l.iwy nrqiirutiom vainly try
To solve the dread enigma of thy birlh :
And lookinq up to their high Rlillerins thrones,
I fain would read the purpose of m m's life.
0 grand and gloriotl Nature ! d. it;n to lift
Theviil that wraps thee, nnJ reveal the source
Of thine eii-tcncc The Almighty Power
Which wc must own, but see not, save in thee;
Make us to know, with undeceiving voice,
The doom that waits our helpless race, beyond
That doik and Military bourn ihe gtavc:
Must wr, as riuhtonus, godly men have taught,
He damn 'd or blrs-ed, according to the deeds
Of our frail b vlies ! bodies, which the Kini?
Of Heaven and Earth created weak or s'rong,
Or good or evil at bis sovereign w II !
Shall wc, the transient beings pf a day,
l.ny bunetflies, disporting for on hour,
In Life's bright sunshine, endle-s pain endure !
Because our li tlr passions thy Strang gifts,
Fair mother, Nature J gnveru'd by ihe tide,
Ofmighiy cbrumstniicr, have led us on
To petty wandriings from the 1 eaten (rack
Of monkish f i h, ai d doubtful holi'iess !
Shall we br, by erting fellow-creatures,
Mark'd for wo, and do itn'd to fire eternal,
Because foisooth, we deem nuttis they deem,
But believe as unhow'd Reason dictates!
Has thy ewcel voici! siK-h justice ere reveal'd
To man's amazed, enquiring, startb d .-oul ?
Tell me, O Nature! in thy wildcat moods,
When Darkness brooded, or when Lighl'm; lit
. . . . , . t . .
I Itv nchivnit in.nntiitns t or when p.irthnoakes rent
Thy teenvn va'leys-oa.ions and their ho,i,
.... " .. , , ,
1 he tiine-worii enies of a thou-aiiil years,
... . ,.,,,..',. .
I ulace him line, atul Mver auJ hx t iineiit, i
,
' v ' 1
. x. . , , it ... , , ,
I ) eiivhelineit anil n irieil t or w lien ten rie-ts sweiit
A rosu thy face, uprooting in their ciurso,
The monuments of by-gone ccnimies :
liven in these fierce moods, couM 111 in have seen,
The semhl.incr of the fnes he cor.jures up
To curl forever o'er lh- shrieking souls,
Of his misguided fellows? could be draw
From pa-sing earthquakes, er from transient stnnns,
His fearful dream of never-ending Hell ?
Nighl's sha.lou vanish, nml ihe Thunders re se;
The Marti. quake's path grows smooth beneath the
treid
Of the old Leveller ; and above the graves,
Of byiied tuitions, l.itrr nations dwell :
The Tempest voice is hushed, and the green ejrth.
Forgetful of the Past, is glad aain.
Bui unlike all ihese, (-ulV;c:ent scourges,
If man merit wo,) is that dark world.
Which his saeied fancy pictuns on thu nails
Of vast Eterni'v : the awful horns
Of thiicc ten inilli hi millions nf our race ;
A flame lit diinki'-ui, echoing with the yells,
Of forrd lOtn'il, helplet's, deathless, tortured souls.
Tell me, O Nature ! has thy glorious fJod,
Whose Life is Liv.e and Mercy, and whose eyo
Contemplates nt a jjUn c, all space, all lime,
Foreseeing ihriionh the countless nges pist,
Our birth, our guilt, cur sorrows an 1 our d. aih,
Such fearful fa'e, pn judgi d t haple-a men ?
NorlhuuiVetlar.il, Nov., 1 H tl.
I
Mackimw Bait. Ahoy, perched on a spile
driven in tho bty al Mackinaw, and lazily en
deavoring to hook up so. lie of the finny tribe,
with tho least possible exertion to himself, was
accosted by a steamboat passenger 011 the
James Madison,' as to what kind of fish he
...1 ,1 , 1 1 .- .1
caught. 1 be youthful hnak : scrutinizing the
etranger with a quizzical look, replied
They are mostly perch, roach, bull-heads,
tinners, and countirftit thad'
'What do you use for bait J' said the stran
ger. 'Oh, sometimes one thing, sometimes ano
ther; but when I can't get that, I get on my
st If.'
CONUNDRUMS.
' ;Yhat is smaller than a mite's mouth I His
toi:guc.
Why is the soul like a thing of no conse
quence 1 Because it is immaterial.
What question is that to which you must al
ways answer Yea V What does YES spell 1
Wliy is an egg lik" young horse 1 Be
cause to be trrviccab'.f, it rnut be frrovrn.
from the Cincinnati fiasellr.
Jilt. ADAMS AM) TUB CINCINNATI mil.
THE PITIX'II.
st.i-t..i-.- .ii- .-ic. .1.
i no iinrni iiucinuau uevoieu cvuuruav in i
Mr. Adams,
j nt tb wiih nn popular uispiay
j no stirring music no banners nor badges no
j procession. They met liitn ns an elder brnthur
j and ns n brother ho spoke to, oml niinfflcd n
' mnne them. And ploritms wb.s tliis cotntnim
jinn;! Wc ilotiht if nny of the profepsion can
ever forget the scene which waa witnessed nt
the Assembly Iloonis. Jiidye R-te'a elootient
, .... . , , .
I welcome-Mr Adams reply, so full ol earnest-
ine.s.ofhone.t, l.cnrtfWt n.Ivice, and of interi-
! tv, and the deep stillness which prevailed
, ',. , , '
, while cn?crly oil list.nod to catch every word,
, and sec every emotion of the venerable speaker
-these th.n, better than loud npulause, or
. a fal.i display, rpnke of the deep, solemn, and
j abidintr interest or the occasion. It was a lit-
""' M llumc "y lMU iliu""lt!"cl,l""y
of a good and (jrcat man
til- A l.l 4 . f el
.....aniitiunuiut, r.
IloNonrt) Sin Ilrt lhrrn nf the Ihir : It
hriS been my fortune during the hut halfyear,
to nppenr Vcfore my fellow-citizens in various
Slates of the Union, tinder circumstances such
as never occurred before in the whole course
of my life; hut among nil those occasions,
there has not been one for which I was so to
tally unprepared as now. I have received com-
phn.entary addresses from fellow citizens of
every class, character, denomination nnd parly; ;
j but tins is the first t,m,; that I have received a .
j ,ril,,,te "I" tliat.mturc from my prutcss.om.l bre- ,
i ll,trn"
111
i nave neon a memner ot mn: protess.on up-
j wards of a half century. In the early part of.
my lile, litivmg a lal'ier aurotui, it was my lor
1 tune to travel mtieh in foieign countries; still,
! tinder an impression which 1 first received from
j my mother, that in this country every man
' should have some trade, that trade which, from
the ntivicc of my parents, and my own inclitm-
t ion, I chose, was the profession of the Law.
j After having completed an education in which,
perhaps more than any other citizen of that
.time, ll.n.l advantage and which of course j
j otougiit wmi it me metimueiu mityoi maorcM- .
I ing tiy my lile that those extrnonimary aovan-
' , i 1 . 1 1 1 .
. inges o. e.lUC-.i:m se.-ure,, . ,no ny my .a-oer,
, had not br er, worthlessly bestowed on coining ;
i into lile nfler stieh preat nilvaiitncres, nnd hnv- !
"
.
our i no I ute nt sc lec'im' a nruoss.1 t r inv-
,(. . , . . ,, J- . ..,v. p
1 chose tlutuf the l.rr I closed my c.lu-
. , . , . , .
etitum no a lawyer with one ol the most emi-,
. .... i i n e
nent inrists ot t he iito. 1 neon hilus 1 arsons, o
- - e. - , , . ,
...
I Newburypert, nt lh.it time a practising lawyer,
I but FubscmientiV Chief Justice of the Com
monwealth of Massachusetts. I'nder his in
struction and ml vice,! closed my education, ami
commenced what 1 can hardly call the practice
of the Law, in the city of Huston.
At that time, though I cannot say that I
was friendless, yet my circumstances were nut
independent. My lather was then iti n situa
tion of great respoiis bility and notoriety in the
Covcrnmeiit ol the United States. But he had
been long absent, from his own country, and still
coiit'niied absent from thai parted it to which
he heloiioed and of which I was a native. 1
went therefore as a volunteer an adventurer
to Boston as possible many of you w horn I now
s,i.'C before me, may consider yourselves as hav
ing come to Ciiicitinati. I was without suppoit
of any kind. 1 may say I was a stranger in
that city, though almost a native of t lie spot. I
say 1 enn hardly call it practice because fur
the spni'e of one year from th.it time, it would
he difficult tor me to name any practice which
I had to do. For two years, indeed, I can re
call nothing in which 1 was engaged, that tuny
be termed practice; though during the second
year, there wi re some symptoms, that by that
per.-eviring patience of which you, sir, have
spokt n in such eloquent terms, practice might
conic in time.
. The third voir I continued this patience and
perseverance; having Julie to do, I occupied my
time as well as 1 could in the study of those
Jaws and institutions which I have .ince been
called to administer. At the c nd of the third
year, I dad obtained o,..eth,ug winch might be
f-,ll,.,l nn,.i:
called practice.
The fourth year, I found it swelling to such , nccence, noiug an me goou i.i-y can 10 u,e,r
an extent, that I felt no longer any concern as j WIow creatures en cirth. And if it is the p-i-to
mv future destinv. os a member of that pro- ! vi!cSp ,1P prolessow ol Divinity to stand ns
j 4 , ,
lession. But in the midst ot the fourth year, I
by the will of the first I'residcnt of the U. S.
and with which the Senate was pleased to con
cur, I was selected for a station, not perhaps
of more usefulness, but of greater ennsequence
in the estimation of mankind, and sent from
dome on a mission to foreign parts.
From that time the fourth year after my
admission to the bar of my native state, and the
first year of my admission to the bar of the Su
preme Court of the United States I was de
prived of the exercise of any further industry or
labor at the bar, by this dibtinction a distinc
tion for which a previous education at the bar,
it not an indisuensuble qualification, was at least
a mo."t tit t ful appendage. From that time my
practice at tho bar lias been little more than
during the past year.
I was nhsent in Kiirnna nn thnt mission. ne.
'
t, ,i. ...i.:t. : . ,i. . .
I ..:... ..u ... UMtvia niiii,n ll 1.3 lliv ' va?
tire ot
the first President to confide to me, for seven
years. Hettirninir then to my native country, I
no-ain commenced the practice of my profession
in Ttoston. But in tho first year, t was nrjnin
selected to an office which no longer ndniilted
of my prnctioinsr nt the bar. From that time,
nOW linwnrdst nf Inrtv vnnrtt. 1 li.ivo ntirtnnrnt nt
, . . , " , ,, . .... .. . .".
the bar but once and that within the list two
. ,h(J (Wt of
j 1C occ( m t() wlici hw
'i.. i i , t
Iiidod sir, m terms so much more eoniplimeiita-
i fy han , (iwrv(, . , plnurncCl1 that
to ,nfeo fi)m) a(lin ofJ0 nroVs,i()n
In tie course of that period of li.ne, I have
j g(Me throush a prnal variety of public olllees,
. ftmo , ; , t y . , ;
that can bo conferred by the people of the U.
: Stntes upon any citizen. And yet, it may prr-
jhnpsfumW, to some of the younger members
of the har who now hear me, food for serious
meditation, to say.that if it were now permitted
; me to pass another life, commencing in the pro
I fession of law, ns mine did, nnd it were put to
j me, after passing three and a hall or four years
' of the first part of my life as n. lawyer, whether
i I would pass the remainder of it ns I have done,
' entirely in the public service, nnd to the exclu
sion of the practice of that profession, or con
,im)c lmt rroflwinn ns , wi, Mlch
pmvcrs(H itha(1 pca!,ej llie Creator to give
am, mIrh MnhUy flnJ il)((jrrjty tic p.
Jlllcntion , thoEC powpr(I( n3 ,,,v0 1(,cl) sl,(,krII
of, I now solcinnlv declare, that so fur ns per-
- '
, )lIim,;n(!SS ig concerned, I would inliuitelv
(m.fer (o pai;M ny ,jo M nielll,,r nf (hc bnr)
in the practice of my profession according to
Ihe ability which tiod has given me, to that
life which 1 have led, nnd in which I have held
places of high tru.-t, honor, respectability , and
ohlnquif.
I fay not obloquy, now, for the purpose of
complaint. If it were true, that all the public
servants of the roiled States, it had been my
f , ff , , ... , .
wnrU B, vnrwus tillP(li nm, (Vim) ,l8 variety of
tvtilnH, jol) i,,,, D1,i 0W) wriirh pblie servants
,mjrt ln)(1l,r llien X MV ,at ifit wrrc ,n
B
J fl ptvmtim ,.,f liwe eViI(
f().n a (,hfr fmn livin r ,lR POenes of the
...... . cm
IIIM llli'lim?, 1 11 V eiruiiMU iiy uiy lt-1 II 1
J ' J
... .i - i i .i
"ltm,c") """" ' ",,u l'"-l-" "
)t.tl.re me, would more than cmpentelor all.
1
Brethern of the profession of tho law lVr-
1 . .: r.i. ... .,' :.t.
ll.l 11 Illy u?llllil 111)11 (I! lliu ItlO U7 I'll, 1HIIW mi
is I .
standing what I have said, may not be so hind
as that which many ofyoii make. So deep is
my iuipres.-ion of the natural equality of man
kind, aud of the funihiiieiital rights w hich that
natural equality confers upon every human bo-
: ing, that 1 have been accustomed, and hnve ac
customed myself, to transfer that principle of
equality to nil the professions of men the
, honest professions adopted by men in the great
nnd various pursuits of life.
i Itis common In say that the profession of the
I.nw is tho highest, most honorable, and most
dignified, that can be exercised by man. Pos
sibly some of you may think so. It is possible
that you may have entered iipn the profession
w ith that impression. But that impression is
'. not mine. I do believe that the liberties cf a
country depend more upon the members or the
IVir, th in upon any other profession common to
inn n . Yet I do not consider it, in point of dig-
. nity. in point of inipoitance, beyond that olthe
Shoemaker, cr the Tailor, or the llousew right,
or Mason, or any mechanical profession. I con
sider it not superior to the profession id the
: Healing art, destined to alleviate nnd remove
: the physical evils of the hitman race ; far h do
I consider it superior to that profession which
connects man with the future and with Cod.
Perhaps some among you entertain the o-
! P"''"" ,Ut t,lis l'1'"1' "".V Imve the
1 same c!"" !h,mr d,Kn".v- . U.rthrc,,
my own opinion upon tn:ii sunjert is, tn.ii 1110
' l"' "t" fivinity stands ti.o:, the Mine
l.utMlatit.ii cs the profession ol the Jiw. J he
I'''"" nrc ",u "l"s
lure and of (10I, to pass lives of purity and m-
.
mediators between (iod and man, it is equally
that of those of the Iaw to maintain at all ha
zards every individual right conferred upon man
by Nature and Cod.
I would say, therefore, that we ought to re
fer the whole question of the relotive dignity
and importance of professions and trades, to that
sacred principle ot natural equality which is the
law of nature between man and man.
I deem it unnecessary to enlarge further on
this subject.. I will not discurs the right of dif
ferent classes, to make pretentions to the supe
riority of their respective professions. If there
is any one profession which can claim superi
ority over all the rest, it is that of the cultiva
tor of the tarth. For him, mere than once, that
claim has lieen asserted. But to dim I should
assign precisely equal rights wild all the rest.
Because he in numbers counts more than nil
the rest Ihotigh his profession numbers more
than ten to one of all others together I cannot
admit superiority on his part over the mechanic,
the merchant, or the lawyer.
It U truly an c.veeedinly agreeable circum
stance to me, to receive this address on the part
of hrethern of my own profession. The man
ner in which it has been pronounced the
terms in which the honored gentleman h.is
spoken to yon of nn would furnish nisi lan
guage of eloquence, if language of c'obueticc
were mine, for the remainder of this day. But
this would put your patience to a severe trial.
In reference toth.it constant and persever
ing, labor, and exertion of mind, in illustration
of w 'red tho great name of Cicero was intro
dneed, I trust that I shall be excused, if, speak
ing to the younger members nf (lie profession
present, I say, th:t whatever of justice there
may he in Ihe compliment paid me if constant
and persevering labor of mind, in the perform
nnee of the d.itios ol life has ever belonged to
me, it is to that cry name of Cicero thnt I have
been in a great measure indebted for it. And
I will say to the younger members of the Bar, if
they have not read Middleton'n life of thnt
great orator, statesman nnd lawyer that if tlv y
will take the trouble to rend that portion of it
in which he traces to their sources the prac
tice of Cicero in these virtues, they will find
there a source to u hied I have been much in
debted for whatever of truth that compliment
may contain.
Bitu nrtFS It is painful to me, nnd I pre
sume nil will be sen.-iblo of it, to speak of my
self painful even w lien there seems to be nn
excuse furnished by circumstances, under
winch I cannot help saying something.
But I ennnt-t dwell lunger, than to assure
you, that this kindness will remain in my bo
som till the 'art grasp of life. And now may
all the llesMiigs of Heven belong to you aud
yours !
Mr. Adanib then, much ofiVctcd, took Ly the
hand each member of tho B.ir, aud the meeting
adjourned.
I. mini Irs.
The 'learned blacksmith,' Mr. Buiitt.hns nn
i!ertuk li to find out what is going on in the
moon, nnd to ascertain the language spoken by
ihe inhabitants there, through the power of
rliiiriiHiiticr. Here is nn extract Irom his Ict
trr to the Rev. In lu-y Sunderland, which is
:is suprt nn ly ridiculous and absurd a i any thing
that ever was hammered out upon the mctul
anvil of any mnn, learned or unbared :
"A few months ago I received a communi
cation from a gentleman residing in r. remote
part of the State to this effect. He had sent a
hid, in the cloirvoyant state, to the. mnon, w here
he madem inv discoveries w ith regard to the
, ,. . ,, , , , .
inhabitants, iVc. Having found his way niton
. ... ... ?,. 11,
building resembling a school house, he Uetcc-
ted a b kik, which, upon opening, he was una
ble to read.
At the rciiue.-l of the magnetier,
1 19
he copied otVtwen'y-eight well formed ehar.ic
tors, ns different from each other as tho letters
of our alphabet. These were forwarded to me
to cotiipire with the charnctrrs employed in
tho Oriental hitignages. A few weeks after
wards, I received another letler, from the gen-
tlemm, containing the results of another tour 1 these times, to shopmen and pickpockets, lliere
of discovery to the moon. The lad saw things are certain occasions, however, when you may
more defu.itely this lime ; and took drawings i .'re.--, as guily as you pleise, observing the max
ofa monument and inei illie horn. Cp n tKe 1 iru ot'the ancient poet, to be "great 011 great oc
iiiimiinienl was an ii. script ion, written in the ' c -si 'its." Men olten think when they wear a
veiy characters which the boy found in the :shimable cut coat, an embroidered waistcoat,
book. I have j;ist written to the gentleman, j with a profusion of chains and other trinklets,
requesting him to begia a new series of expert- ; iat they are well dressed, entirely overlooking
iiieuts upon the moon, siiiiu'l iiieouy w ith Mr. ; tjle V.S!) obtrusive, but moro certain, inarki of a
Shepherd, nnd send the result to me. I wo i d ref.ned taste. The grand points are-well-made
therefore, propose tint mi do the same with the
subject, and M p'.i'.ilis'i the res";i!t el III
scries together, should there be a striki
tiiree
cor
respondence. Tho course I hive propped to
Mr. S. and the other gentleman wi, to take
their su'j iOs to the northeast side of the moon,
H iu! let t.'ieiu proceed through to the southwest
i.le; then from the west to the so-ilheat-t : Iro n
north to south; and from east to west ; (!os ri
bing what they saw, as would be natural to a i
traveller journeying through a new countiy. 1
When each id' the three subjects has been!
through in the above order, it might bo of great
interest tb cumpuro their notes on the mooa."
The Punch, nrnong other 'lifts to lazy law
yer,' gives these : 'What aro first fruits !
Rhubarb and little green gooseberries. How
are seamen impressed ! By the cat o' nine tails,
or one of Father Matthew's sermons. When
is it necessary to commence a fresh suit 1 When
the other has become too ventilating or seedy.
What is a release 1 To exchange tho society
of your ugly aunt for that of your pretty cousin.
What is a clerical error 1 Preaching a three
Jiourb' sermon. What is the settlement of a
conveyance When an omn;bus smashes a
cab.
A GLIDE
TO TIIK t SACiliS OP SOCIKTV,
BY "COVJiT ALFRED 'oRSAY.n
" .Manners makes tho man,"
SMOKING.
It you are so unfortunate as to have contrac
ted the low habits of smoking, be careful to
practice it under certain rcstrctions; nt least
fo hmg ns you are desirous of being considered
tit for civilized society.
The first mark of a gentleman, is a sensitive
regard for the feelings of others; therefore,
smoke where it is lenst likely to prove offen
sive by making your clothes biticII ; then wash
your mouth and brush your teeth. What man
of delicacy could presume to address a lady
with his breath smelling of onions? Yet to
bacco is equally odious. The tobacco smoker,
in public, is the must selfish animal imaginable;
he perseveres in contaminating the pure and
fragrant air, careless w hom he annoys, and is
hut the fitting inmate of a tavern.
Smoking in the street, or in a theatre, is on
ly practised by shop-boys, pseudo-fashionables
and the "swem.-moij."
All songs that you may aee written in praise
of smoking in magazines or newspapers, or
hear sung upon the stage, are puffs, paid by
the proprietors of cigar divans and tobacco
shops, to make their trash popular ; therefore
never believe nor be deluded by them.
Never be seen in cigar divans or billiard
rooms ; they are frequented, at best, by an e-
quivocal set. Xolhing good can be gained there;
nnd a man loses his respectability by being
id it entering or coming out of such places.
SNUFF.
As snufl-taking is merely an idle, dirty habit,
practised by stupid people in the unavailing en
deavor to clear their stolid intellect, and is not
a custom particularly offensive to their neigh
bors, it may be left to each individual taste as
to whether it be continued or not. An "ele
grint" cannot take much snuff without decided
ly "losing taste."
"Doctor,' said an old gentleman, who was an
inveratc snuff-taker, to a physician, "is it true
that snuff destroys the ol factory nerves, clogs,
and otherwise injures the bruin 1" "It can
not be true," was the caustic reply, "since
t!,a.e who have any brains never take any
smij'at all."
FASHION.
But few tilings betray greater imbecility of
mind than a servile imitation of tho extrava
gancies of any fashionable monster. A man
possessed of the delicate and proper feelings of
a gentleman would deem himself degraded by
copying another, even to the curling of a wdis
ker, or the tie of a cravat ; as, by so doing, he
could only show the world of hosv little impor
tance he felt himself, and the very poor opinion
he entertained of his own taste.
1 ... , .. .,
things, for which reason people, rem ol the
" ,., ,
highest rank, are too prouu to become martyrs
0 ' r J
10 any prevailing 111000 ; uuu uie man 01 iruu
liixti. will limit his rnmolinnce with the canri-
. . . . .,
I i..i . S f.ibhif.n t. nut nnnesniirr rmintiH cnnsni-.
.
DRESS.
It is bad taste to dress in the extreme of
! fashion ; and, in general, those only do so who
have no other claim to distinction leave it, in
1 shoes, clean gloves, a white pocket handker
e.ue;, ailJ, uuove an, au easy gian-iui uijnm
nieut. ). not a fleet singularity in dress, by wearing
ot-.t-of thu-way hats, or gaudy waistcoats, Xc.,
and so become contemptibly coispicioiis ; no
tiling is more easy than to attract attention in
II ... ,.-...C..l .l.,....rt
, tt manner, since it requires neither sense
nor t isle. A slirewo uui genueinuu sum in one
of tliese ninnies," that "Ae icnull rather be
lnr,x fnru pool than not to be noticed at all."
A dress perfectly suited to a tall, good-looking
man, may tender one who is neither, ridic
ulous ; as, although the former may wear a re
markable waistcoat or singular coat, almost with
impunity, the la'ter, by adopting a similar cus
torn, exposes himself to the laughter of all who
see him. An unassuming simplicity in dress
should always bo ptcforred, as it prepossesses
- , i ii .-.t t e
every one in favor of the wearer.
Never affect the 'ruflhnly" style of drees,
unless, as some excuse, you uoiu a unoi.uu. yi
sition in society. A nobleman, or an exceed
ingly elegant and refined man, is sometimes
foolish enough to disguise himself, and assume
the "ruffian," as it amuses hunts mark thjguj.
ptiso of people at the cortfntsf b een h p.
. i t.i - i..:it:..
j retake and fus ma ncr ; ; i( Jlf u h(kve no
very shop-boy can coarsely imitate your "out
ward and visible sign," if he choose to save his
money for that purposo. If you vt7I stantl out
in "high and bold relief," endeavor to becomei
eminent for boitio virtue or talent, that people
nny say, "There goes the celebrated (r.ot thei
notorious) Mr. So-and-so."
It is a delicate subject to hint at tho incon
gruities of a lady's dress yet,'alas ! it forces
itself upon our notice when wo see a female
attired with elaborate gnrgeousness, picking
her steps along the sloppy streets, after a
week's snow, and a three day's thaw, walking
in a dress only fit for a carriage. When coun
try people visit London, and see a lady envelo
ped in ermine and velvets, reclining in a car
riage, they are npt to imagine it is the fashion
able dress, and adopt it accordingly, overlook
ing the coronet emblazoned on the panels, and
that its occupant is a duchess or a marchioness
at tho least, nnd that were the same person to
walk, she would be in a very different cos
tume, nnd then only attended by a footman.
Ladies in good taste seldom wear jewelry
in tho morning ; and when they do, confine
themselves to trinkets of gold, or those in which
osaqne stones only are introduced. Ornaments
with brilliant stones are unsuited for a morning
costume.
The Dnneflti of Advertising.
Here are a few remarks, from tho Wheeling,
Va., Times, on tho subject of advertising, that
may be read with just as much profit by North
them as by Southern men :
A friend remarked the other day to us that a
business that is "not worth advertising is not
worth doing." There is much truth in the re
mark, but truth that does not seem to be appre
ciated by most of our business men. Many men
think to cease advertising is economy, that it
reduces expenses ; that if they have but little
business to do, it is not worth advertising ; if
they do a great deal, there is no use of advertis
ing. Is advertising less useful than insuring ?
Is it less useful than a sign ? Is it less essen
tial than a good business stand? We think
not. A man does not buy his goods to keep
them on hand. If he did, it might be well to
insure without advertising. Again odvertising
is like a travelling sign. No business man wtil
hesitate to pay twenty dollars for a sign, whern
he would never think of paying half the sum
for advertising. The one is a sign seen only by
those who pass the store, and can see the goods
that are for sale as well as the sign. The ad
vertisement is a comprehensive sign thatconi' Si
under the eye of hundreds who will never 6en
the sign over the door, yet some pretend to ar
gue thnt because some men have done a goml
business without advertising, advertising is un
necessary. They might as well argue that be
cnuse some men have made money witdout in
dustry, industry is unnecessary.
Important Advice. The N. II. Telegraph
says : 'A gentleman who has occasion to walk
with two ladies and one umbrella, should al
ways go in the middle himself that secures a
dry coat to himself, and is showing no partiali
ty to either of the ladies.'
A quaint writer of sentences in the Galaxy,
says 'I have seen women sodelicale, that they
were afraid to ride, for fear the horse might
run away afraid tosail for fear the boat might
overset afraid to walk for tear the dew might
fall ; but I never saw one afraid to be mar
ried 'Hope told a flattering tale.' Strait William
son has sued Josiah Hope in Michigin tor s
breach of promise.
It has been aptly said that a false friend is
like a shadow on a dial appearing in clear
ufufuT,but vanishing as soon as it is cloud j I
Looking into a beautiful woman's eyes by
moonlight., is taking a lunar observation, and,
by unlight, aou!-cr observation.
A DiAtooei:. Lawyer 'suppose, for exam-,
pie, your honor stole a sheep. -Judge 'Sir.
you are not to suppose any S'jeh thing.' Low-
yrr 'Then may it plea your donor, supposf
stole
a ehovp.' Judge now you
havii it,'
'I sayi Ntn, I've got a musquittoin my er,
and am afraid he will get into my head V 'Ni
matter Mid Nym, 'he will find plenty of
loom.'